khagan
/kɑˈɡɑn/
khagan noun: a khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
Noun
khagan (plural khagans)
- A khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
- As early as the year 740 A.D., one of the Khazar kaghans had turned to Constantinople for a missionary versed in Christian law.1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 69
- "A kagan is the father, the mother and the lover of all his people. Nobody would lift a hand against him," said Hanukkah.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 52
khagan meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
khagan in Hindi
- title of imperial rank
- ख़ाक़ान xāqān
khagan in Urdu
- title of imperial rank
- خاقان xāqān
khagan in Bengali
- title of imperial rank
- খাকান khakan
khagan in Punjabi
- title of imperial rank
- ਖ਼ਾਕ਼ਾਨ xāqān
More languagesFewer languages
- khagan in Gujarati
- ખાકાન khākān
- khagan in Arabic
- خَاقَان ḵāqān
- khagan in Persian
- خاقان xâqân
- khagan in Vietnamese
- khả hãn
- Kashmiri
- خاقان khāqān
Forms of khagan
| plural | khagans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | kagan |
| alternative form | kaghan |
| alternative form | khaqan |
| alternative form | qagan |
| alternative form | qaghan |
| alternative form | qaqan |
Origin of khagan
Ultimately from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰍𐰣 (qaɣan). Doublet of khan.
Words formed from khagan
Questions about khagan
- What does khagan mean?
- Khagan means a khan of khans, a ruler of a khaganate; (the holder of) an imperial rank used among certain Turkic and Mongolian peoples, equal in status to an emperor.
- What is khagan in Hindi?
- Khagan in Hindi is ख़ाक़ान (xāqān). See Khagan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is khagan?
- Khagan is a noun.
- How do you pronounce khagan?
- Khagan is pronounced /kɑˈɡɑn/.
- What is the plural of khagan?
- The plural of khagan is khagans.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: khagan (page history and authors); ખાકાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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